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AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED BEFORE THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL MASTER AND BRETHREN, OF ST. PETER'S LODGE, AT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN NEWBURYPORT, ON THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, CELEBRATED JUNE 24TH, 5801. SECOND EDITION.

[Newburyport]: Angier March, [1801]. Quarto, stitched, untrimmed [some edge-chipping at untrimmed edges], printed self-wrappers, 14 pp. Old ink library call lettering. Very Good. Cary blames "jealousy of an illnatured world" for the calumnies against Masonry, a "venerable institution...whose actions breathe a more genuine spirit of philanthropy" than any other human association. Sabin 11214. This edition not in American Imprints. Item #5651